The Traveler: Difference between revisions

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|notable= Primordial source of [[Light]] <br> Terraformed multiple celestial bodies <br> Uplifted numerous ancient civilizations <br> Awoke and broke free of the Traveler Cage, killing [[Ghaul]] <br> Paracausally connected to [[The Veil|the Veil]]

'''The Traveler''' is a mysterious spherical [[paracausality|paracausal]] entity associated with the [[Light]]. Massive in scale, it hangs motionless in the skies above the [[Last City]] built in its shadow. Once responsible for terraforming the worlds of the [[Sol System]], it was rendered largely inactive during the [[Collapse]], when its [[Black Fleet|ancient enemy]] arrived and launched a devastating assault on human civilization.

The interior workings of the Traveler remain a mystery. The Ghost [[Balthazar]] claimed that Ghosts originate within the Womb, a place inside the Traveler described as a "cosmos inside a bottle" or an "infinite space enclosed within a celestial egg", where trillions of star-like souls orbit each other in a complex weave. Another Ghost named [[Peach]] was dismissive of this description, contending that neither she nor Balthazar can remember the time within the Traveler.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Activision Blizzard - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Ghost_Stories#Difference_of_Opinion|Ghost Stories: Difference of Opinion]]''</ref> [[Fenchurch Everis]] claims to have been inside the Traveler, but no one has been able to confirm the veracity of his story.

The origins of the Traveler are unknown, although it is known to have existed for billions of years. In one of her messages to the Guardian through Sloane, Ahsa makes reference to "''two halves of a whole, long divided''," which in context seems to suggest that the Traveler and [[The Veil|the Veil]] were once part of a single entity, or at least share a common origin.

At some point, the species discovered that the Traveler had a counterpart entity, located in a distant star system. They named this entity the Veil, and determined that it was a source of power that was the opposite of the Light, one linked to the mind and consciousness rather than the physical world: the [[Darkness]]. In studying the Darkness, they discovered that it held the means to guide the universe into a perfected, eternal form, a "[[Final Shape]]" that would last to the end of time and beyond. In this, they found the purpose they had sought for so long.

Some time later, the [[Black Fleet]] appeared in the Sol System, leading to the destruction of almost all human civilization in an event known as the [[Collapse]].<ref name = jasonjones>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/11/jason-jones-the-destiny-interview.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 '''Gameinformer''': ''Jason Jones – The Destiny Interview'']</ref> For the first time, the Traveler decided to stand and fight the Black Fleet,<ref name = "jasonjones"/> as it abandoned its work on [[Io]] and raced to rescue its "children", humanity.<ref name = "TravelerGhost"/>